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J. R. WHARRY.

VEGETABLE SLIGER.

No. 340,843. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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UNITED "STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. V HARRY, OF MOUNDSVILLE, VEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO\VINFIELD S. FREED, OF SAME PLACE.

VEGETABLE-SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,843, dated April27, 1886.

Serial No. 192.259. (No mozlel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. WnARRY, of Moundsville, in the county ofMarshall and State of \Vest Virginia, have invented certain V new anduseful Improvements in Vegetable- Slicers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use To it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification. My invention relates to animprovement in vegetable and fruit slicing machines; and it consists in,first, the combination of the framework, the knife, the bottom pieces,means for moving these pieces, and the box which is moved back and forthover the knife, with the pivotal plates, which are provided with pivotsat their upper ends; second, the combination of the framework, theknife, thebottom pieces, means for moving these pieces, and the boxwhichis moved back and forth over the knife, with the pivotal plates,which are provided with pivots at their upper ends and the turnedoutflanges at their lower ends; third, the combination of the framework,the pivoted bottom pieces, the grooved cross-pieces, and the cams, whichhave their edges to catch 1 in the cross-pieces, so as to give thebottom pieces a positive movement up and down; fourth, the combination,with the framework, I the pivoted bottom pieces, the knife, the crosspieces provided with inclined grooves, and i the cams provided withinclined flanges and stops, all of which will be more fully describedhereinafter.

Figure l is a vertical section of a slicingmachine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an inverted view. Fig. 3 is a detail View of 0 thepivot-iron. Fig. 4. is a perspective of a presser-board.

A represents the frame-work, which may be either of the constructionhere show or any other that may be preferred. This frame-work isintended to be clamped to a table or any other suitable support which isprovided for it. The knife B is sccureddiagonally across the top of theframe, in the usual manner, and is made sharp at both of its edge's,soas to cut upon both edges alike. The two bottom pieces,

C, are pivoted at their outer ends upon the pivotal plates or castingsD, while their inner ends are raised and lowered by means of the camsunder the free ends of the pieces 0, as shown. These pivotal plates havetheir lower corners, F, turned outward, so as to catch under the loweredge of the frame A, and have the pivotal points G formed upon the innersides of their upper ends. The turned-out points serve as gages,so as toenable the plates to be placed in position without any measurementsbeing taken or any trouble to get them into their positions. It is onlynecessary to place the outer edges of the plates against the end piecesand have the flanges F catch against the under side of the side pieces,whenthey will be in a proper position to receive the bottom piecesbetween them when the framework is put together. The pivotal holes inthe outer ends of the bottom pieces have only to be made, and then thebottom pieces are ready to be secured in position.

Secured across the framework, on its under side, are twodiagonalcross-pieces, H, which have inclined grooves I formed in theirouter sides for the flanges J of the cams L to catch in.

Iivoted to the under side of each one of the bottom pieces is acam, L,which may either be tubular in shape, as here shown, or any other thatmay be preferred, and which may have the inclined flanges J formedeither par tially around their lower edges, or entirely around them, asmaybe preferred. hen the cams are formed as here shown, there is a stop,N, formed at one end of the flange, and another one, O,'formed upon thelower edge of the tubular portion,for the purpose of preventing the camsfrom being turned beyond a certain point in either direction. Theflanges J catch in the grooves in the cross pieces,and 0 thus move thefree end of the bottom pieces up and down. By having these flanges catchin the diagonal grooves a positive vertical adjustment can be given tothe bottom pieces in relation to the knife, whenever so desired.

The upper portion of the frame-work is grooved so as to receive thesliding-box Q, which is also grooved at its lower edges,so as tocorrespond with the grooves in the frame.

To one end of this box is secured the handle IOO R, bymeans of which itis moved back and forth upon the frame-work for the'purpose of movingthe fruit and vegetables which are to to be sliced back and forth overthe two edges of the knife. In this box is placed a presserboard, R, tothe upper side of which is connected the vertical follower portion S,which is provided with the two arms T, which catch over the outer sidesof the boX in suitable grooves prepared for them, and thus hold thepresser-board always in ahorizontal position. The weight of thepresser-board keeps the fruit and vegetables which are to be slicedpressed downward upon the knife,so that it is always fed forward readyto be sliced, no matter in which direction the box is moved.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of theframe-work, the knife, the bottom pieces, means for moving these pieces,and the box, which is moved back and forth over the knife, with thepivotal plates, which are provided with the pivots at their upper ends,substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the frame-work, the knife, the bottom pieces,means for moving these pieces, and the box, which is moved back andforth over the knife, with the pivotal plates, which are provided withpivots at their upper ends and the turned-out flanges at their lowerends, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the frame-work, the pivoted bottom pieces, thegrooved crosspieces, and the cams, which have their edges to catch inthe grooves of the cross-pieces, so as to give the bottom pieces apositive movement up and down, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the frame-work, the pivoted bottom pieces, theknife, the crosspieces provided with inclined grooves, and the camsprovided with inclined flanges and stops, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN R. \VHARRY.

\Vitnesses:

. W. S. FREED,

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